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1. Orlando Magic: Paolo Banchero, PF, Duke Banchero isn’t as agile and lacks the lateral quickness Jabari Smith and Chet Holmgren have but he has the most NBA-ready body at 6-foot-10 and 250 pounds. The Duke forward can be plugged in right away alongside Wendell Carter Jr. for some added size and is comfortable starting the offense as a primary ball-handler of missed shots. Grade: A- Holmgren in the frontcourt with 7-foot Aleksej Pokusewski will be a sight. General manager Sam Presti knows… Source link

NEW YORK — The Orlando Magic selected Duke forward Paolo Banchero with the first pick in the 2022 NBA draft on Thursday night. After weeks of Auburn’s Jabari Smith being projected as the consensus top pick, the Magic shocked everyone by selecting Banchero. Banchero is the second No. 1 pick in the last four years for the Blue Devils (Zion Williamson went No. 1 to the New Orleans Pelicans in 2019), and the fifth top overall pick in program history. Banchero, a 6-foot-10, 250-pound forward,… Source link

In the latest NBA mock draft from Yahoo! Sports, Rutgers basketball forward Ron Harper Jr. is off the board late in the second round. The mock draft has Harper being taken No. 58 overall to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Krysten Peek writes about Harper and what he brings to Cleveland as a second-round pick: “He’s not afraid of the big moment and has a decent first step off the wing to get past defenders. Harper averaged 15.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per game this past season.” Harper will go… Source link

KETTERING, Ohio — Barbara McGlone is supporting Senate candidate Josh Mandel all the way, even if her favorite Republican, Donald Trump, is backing Mandel’s opponent, the conservative commentator J.D. Vance. “I don’t trust J.D. Vance. At all,” McGlone said, sitting in the back of the Victory Christian Church’s break room Thursday, after a campaign stop by Mandel and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. “I know Josh. I voted for him when he became [state] treasurer. And I know all the… Source link

WNBA draft night is a big night for all the players, fans, and draftees, but no one had quite the experience that Northwestern’s Veronica Burton had. Burton, a Newton, Massachusetts, native, was picked seventh overall by the Dallas Wings during Monday night’s WNBA draft, and shortly after she got a call from someone she absolutely did not expect: Tom Brady. “Hey, Veronica, what’s up? I just wanted to congratulate you on being drafted,” Brady said on the call. “The four-time Big Ten… Source link

First it was Evan Neal. Then Ikem Ekwonu got a little buzz. But there’s now a new betting favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2022 NFL draft. According to BetMGM, Michigan edge Aidan Hutchinson is now a -350 favorite to be drafted first. He’s followed by a big gap — next in line are Neal (+600) and Ekwonu (+1000). The over-under for Hutchinson’s draft position has been set at 1.5. You get -350 odds to take the under, +250 for the over. Interestingly, Ekwonu… Source link

Troika Media Group Yahoo Sports Signs First of its Kind Tourney NIL Deals with Top College Basketball Stars Paolo Banchero of #4 Duke and Chet Holmgren of #1 Gonzaga Los Angeles, CA, March 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Troika Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRKA) (“TMG” or “Company”), a brand consultancy and marketing innovations company that provides integrated branding and marketing solutions for global brands, announced that it is collaborating with Yahoo Sports, its… Source link

By each losing Sunday, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Detroit Lions guaranteed they’ll be the owners of the first and second picks in the 2022 NFL draft. The results of Week 18 will determine which team will sit at No. 1 overall. The 2-14 Jaguars control their own draft path — lose at home to the Indianapolis Colts and they’ll wrap up the top slot. The Colts beat the Jaguars, 23-17, in Week 10 in Indianapolis. Right now, the Colts are fighting for their playoff lives, currently sitting in the… Source link

A version of this post was originally published on TKer.co. Picking stocks in an attempt to beat market averages is an incredibly challenging and sometimes money-losing effort. In fact, most professional stock pickers aren’t able to do this on a consistent basis.¹ One of the reasons for this is that most stocks don’t deliver above-average returns. According to S&P Dow Jones Indices, only 22% of the stocks in the S&P 500 outperformed the index itself from 2000 to 2020. “When a randomly… Source link

The Detroit Lions are no longer in the pole position of the 2022 NFL draft. The suddenly plucky Lions have now won two of their past three games, including Sunday’s stunning 30-12 victory over the first-place Arizona Cardinals, which has bumped them up to a 2-11-1 record — sliding them into the No. 2 overall pick in next year’s draft (for now). And with three weeks remaining in the regular season, the Jacksonville Jaguars are now in the draft’s driver’s seat — again — thanks to their… Source link